“In general, we still want Roku to be a super-open platform,” Wood told me by phone today. But he said that in the case of international content, he said Dish is the largest provider of those channels both by satellite and, with its over-the-top channels on Roku, online.

Wood said that the channels taken down in aggregate didn’t provide as much content as the satellite provider’s comparable DishWorld offerings. That includes a lot of overlapping content with third-party developers who had built channels for the Roku platform, as well as a lot of exclusive content that its subscribers wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else.

But that’s not the only reason Roku sided with Dish in making it the exclusive provider of channels on its streaming boxes. There’s also the problem of international content licensing, which could cause headaches due to some independent developers not paying for or licensing the video they were streaming to Roku users. Wood said it received multiple DMCA takedown notices from content owners who weren’t being properly paid for videos that appeared on some international Roku channels.

“We’re taking all that into consideration,” Wood said. “Dish provides better-quality content and a much bigger selection, all of which is properly licensed.”

While that might be true, Roku also seems to be cozying up to a lot more premium content providers, cable networks, and operators recently. In addition to DISHWorld content, it’s also recently gotten apps for HBO Go, as well as Fox News and others. That doesn’t mean that it’s abandoning its independent roots, but it definitely sees the value in offering up high-quality content from traditional providers.